Cell reference percentage problem

Hi Experts,
My scenario is like this I have two structures and I have created a cell reference for all the column in Col 1 like RF1. Now in Col2 I am writing my formula which would be like this
     Col1     Col2
Row1      RF1     RF1
Row2        RF2     (100 * RF2)/RF1
Row3        RF3          (100 * RF3) / RF1
Another option is I could use RF1 A% RF2
But the problem I am facing is the moment I use two reference in a formula I am getting a blank result.
Please suggest how do I go about.
Thanks.
Points shall be awarded 

Are you working on some finance reports, where in you have to compute figures like Operating cost / net sales.
also, please let me know if you get an answer to this q, as i too am looking for a similar problem.
Kind Regards

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